Create an issue in the current project

Function	<link to function being used>
Type	Post function
Use case description	Create an issue in the current project and set a summary and a description, you can make use of this post function if you need to create the same issue over and over again, to avoid repetitive tasks, make less errors and save time.
Complexity	BEGINNER

Configuration steps

Basic configuration*

Mode*

Choose Single issue mode.

Issue type selection*

Choose Selected issue type.

Specific issue type

Choose Sub-task as a specific issue type.

Parent issue*

Choose Current issue.

Fields*

Summary*

New issue - needs to be classified

more info...

This is a mandatory field to summarize your issue, and you can also give a summary using field codes.

Describe your issue

Additional fields

copy remaining fields

Choose from which issue you want to copy the remaining fields from.

If you chose an issue to copy from you would have to choose between the following options (multi-choice is possible):

All remaining fields
Attachments
Comments
Issue links

Issue links

This is an optional parameter where you can define issue links to be created for the new issue that you are currently creating,

Additional options

If you want to copy issue keys of created issues into the field Ephemeral String 3 as a string list. Choose this option.

Conditional execution

If you want some conditions that need to be checked before the execution of this post function. add your Boolean expression ( it has to return the value true or false).

Run as

Choose which user you want to give permission to execute this post function. By default it is set to the Current user.

After checking if the parameters match this example and this how it should look like.

you can click on add and this is how the post function should look like.

Now that you are familiar with this post function and what it does, you can configure the parameters based on your needs.

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